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A Beleaguered City: Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur; in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen
A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne A Story of the Seen and the Unseen Author:Margaret Oliphant "Jacques," said I, "I do not call it impious, like this good woman, but I call it inhuman. What! a man goes to carry help to the dying, and you show him no respect!" This brought the color to his face; and I think, perhaps, that he might have become ashamed of the part he had played; but the women pushed in again, as they are so fond of doing. "... more »Oh, M. le Maire, he does not deserve that you should lose your words upon him!" they cried; "and, besides, is it likely he will pay any attention to you when he tries to stop even the bon Dieu?"« less